Stories from Friday, July 21, 2017

The title of this article is the same as the title of the 1970 movie, starring Dustin Hoffman. I have copied it, to honor a man who so fit that description, Judge Jerry McBeth. This Saturday, there will be a Memorial to remember Judge Jerry McBeth, at the United Methodist Church in Nevada. The service will begin at 1 PM, and there will be a “Celebration of Life,” to follow at the Nevada Country Club...

Editor’s note: The follow column originally appeared in the July 28, 2011 edition of the Daily Mail. I have reached the age where I am not eager for any time period to end. Days and hours are becoming a scarce commodity so I want to use them to full advantage. But there are some time periods I don’t mind seeing pass by. This July is one of those times...

Missouri’s 126th District JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Calling it a big step toward addressing the opioid crisis in Missouri, Gov. Greitens recently issued an executive order to create a prescription drug monitoring program in Missouri. While the system put in place by the governor is different from the plan proposed by the legislature, it has the same intent of preventing the over-prescribing and misuse of opioids such as Vicodin, OxyContin and Percocet...

On July 17, Missouri Governor Eric Greitens signed an executive order directing the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to begin work creating a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. Missouri is the only state whose legislature has failed to create such a monitoring program...

By Johannes Brann jbrann.ndm@gmail.com Thursday’s meeting of the Bronaugh R-7 board included reports in person from the Booster Club and students, as well as reviewing bids and a progress report on the bathrooms. Secretary of the Bronaugh Athletics Booster Club, Tonya Cliffman, described the group’s work for the past two years. ...

The petition audit of Vernon County Ambulance District is moving to the next phase. “Today marked the end of week five for us in the state audit,” director Leland Splitter said. “Rick and Phillip have been pretty easy and good to work with. Rick had told Denise … today is probably our last day here.”...

The 90 degree July heat might make some people think the fishing wouldn’t be good, but anglers like Bill Sparks, of Billings, know otherwise. Sparks proved the point on a recent 94 degree day by catching lots of crappie ­— a 20-inch walleye, a three pound channel cat as well as having several fish break his six pound test line before he could reel them in...

With 90 percent of its schedule completed, the Nevada Griffons had yet to experience extra innings this season. That all changed Thursday night at Meador Park in Springfield, as the Griffons derailed the first-place Generals 6-3 in 11 innings. After Tuesday night’s monster performance in Joplin, Griffons center fielder Kainalu Pitoy stayed scalding hot at the dish, finishing 3-for-4 with four RBIs, which included a two-RBI single in the 11th...

From Honolulu to Arizona, from Nevada, Missouri to Florida and back, Griffons star outfielder Kainalu Pitoy has crisscrossed the map in search of baseball glory. The 21-year-old Hawaiian native was one of only two returning players from last year’s Griffons team, and the only one to complete both seasons. Pitoy, who blasted a pair of home runs in the Griffons 15-6 victory Tuesday night over the Joplin Outlaws, said he had a few primary reasons for returning to Nevada this summer...